Reading is the key to all learning. ALE fosters the love of reading and I strive to challenge readers to go beyond simple memorization of details to looking for meaning and connections to the reading that your children do throughout their life.
A Reader's Workshop site http://www.lakelandschools.org/lt/EAlden/readersworkshop.htm
The Official Shel Silverstein site. http://shelsilverstein.com/indexSite.html
A good site that combines the "reading workshop" approach with AR. http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/readingwkshp.htm
A really good site to get info about books. http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/allreviewed.html
Another author info site. http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
A link to children's literature and genres. http://www.edu.uleth.ca/currlab/handouts/genres.html
Another literature site with good links. http://www.edu.uleth.ca/currlab/handouts/genres.html
A great site for selecting specific books just fro you! http://nancykeane.com/rl/
A great resource for literature sites. http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/childlit.htm
GREAT READING LINK TO VISIT http://www.aadl.org/kidspg/kidspg2.html
Reading skills http://www.literacyconnections.com/Schiller.html
INFO ON GENRES http://www.palos118.org/east/media/books.html#genre
This link is a great place to see book titles that librarians recommend. It is for all ages. http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/childrensnotable/notablecbooklist/currentnotable.htm
The American Library Association book lists!!!! http://nancykeane.com/rl/
A really nice boklist for kids. http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/lls/library/kids/kids_booklists.html
Book lists by grade level and genre. http://www.multcolib.org/kids/booklists/